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Alex Tudor
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Alex Jeremy Tudor

Born: 23 October 1977, Kensington, London
Major Teams: Surrey, England.
Known As: Alex Tudor
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: England v Australia at Perth, 2nd Test, 1998/99
Latest Test:
England v India at The Oval, 4th Test, 2002

ODI Debut:
England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, NatWest Series, 2002
Latest ODI:
England v India at Lord's, NatWest Series, 2002

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
NBC Denis Compton Award 1998

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 05/09/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    9   14   3   226   99*  20.54  46.02   0   1    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             223     49   819   26  31.50  5-44    1   0  51.4  3.67

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 13/07/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    2   1     9    6    9.00  81.81   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              21.1    1   136    4  34.00  2-30    0   0  31.7  6.42

FIRST-CLASS
 (1995 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   82  108  24  1831  116   21.79   1   5   22   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1981.5  6996  261  26.80  7-48   13   0  45.5  3.53

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   60   40  10   327   29*  10.90   0   0   14   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             439.4  2030   85  23.88  4-26    3   0  31.0  4.61

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Alex Tudor has all the natural attributes of a fast bowler; height, strength and the ability to bowl fast and extract bounce from most wickets. His talent was recognised early and he played for London Schools at all levels from U8. He won selection for England U15 to South Africa in 1992-93, and against India in 1994 for the U17 team. He also represented the U19 side, including a tour of Pakistan in 1996-97.

Born in London in October 1977, Tudor was destined to play for Surrey. His brother had been on the playing staff and his father was a gateman at The Oval. Making his first-class debut for Surrey against Middlesex at Lord's in 1995, as a 17-year-old, he soon impressed. Wisden referred to him as "the genuine article: a home-grown out-and-out speed merchant who can also bat a bit."

Tudor also struck a maiden first-class 50 coming in at number 10 against Leicestershire, helping add 122 for the final two wickets, and took 5-32 against Derby. The only cloud on the horizon was his breakdown through injury in just his fifth game, an incident that was to become something of a recurring theme.

Form and fitness deserted Tudor in 1996, and he failed to break into the Surrey team. Wisden referred to his "lack of progress" as "a particular disappointment," and he was described as suffering from "a discrepancy of leg length" by the Surrey physio.

But bowlers of genuine pace are rare, and the national selectors had singled Tudor out for special attention. Some good early season form (6-101 in mid-May against Gloucestershire) earned a call-up to practice with the England squad prior to the First Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 1997. He impressed in the nets but lost form back at Surrey and was described as "ineffectual" by Wisden.

Tudor was selected for the Ashes tour (controversially preferred to Andy Caddick who had taken over 100 first-class wickets the previous season) after an indifferent 1998, so that he could work with Bob Cottam, the national bowling coach and as an investment in the future. His Test debut came against Australia in the Second Test at Perth in November 1998. Chipping in with 18* as England were cut down for a paltry 112, he impressed further with the ball. Described by Christopher Martin-Jenkins as "very fast" and " immensely promising", he took 4-89 and won praise from the opposition skipper, Mark Taylor. It was not enough to retain a place, as he was jettisoned in favour of an extra batsman and a spinner for the third Test. Recalled for the fourth, he was forced to withdraw with a hip injury, before finally returning for the fifth where he again performed pretty well.

Tudor retained his place for the First Test of the next home series, against New Zealand at Edgbaston. Although his bowling was not of the standard he'd have liked, it was his contribution with the bat that created headlines. He hit an unbeaten 99 as England beat New Zealand by seven wickets. It was the highest-ever score by an English nightwatchman, and helped win him the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year award. But a long period in the wilderness followed, as a knee injury kept him out of the next Test. The England management were nonplussed by Surrey's failure to tell them of a scan on the affected knee, scheduled for the day before the game. He won his county cap in 1999.

Tudor endured a frustrating tour of South Africa that winter, failing to win a Test spot. But career-best figures of 7-48 against Lancashire at The Oval and several other impressive performances in the 2000 season ensured he stayed under consideration. He was a late replacement for Flintoff on the tour of Pakistan in late 2000 but remained on the fringes before travelling on the A Tour of West Indies to participate in the Busta Cup. He took five wickets on his debut for the team and enjoyed a good tour.

A maiden first-class century kick-started Tudor's 2001 season (116 against Essex at The AMP Oval), and only injury kept him from a place in the squad for the Lord's Test against Australia, before he returned to the side for Trent Bridge. He featured in one of the few passages of the series that England managed to dominate, as after being bowled out for 185 in two sessions on the first day, they reduced Australia to 105-7 by the close. Although Australia edged into the lead the following day, Tudor finished the innings with 5-44, his best Test return to date. It was to prove his only significant contribution to the series; at Headingley he was innocuous and expensive, and he was unfit for The Oval.

Left out of England's winter touring squads, Tudor joined the first ECB National Academy Squad in Australia over the winter, and a consistent start to the 2002 season for Surrey was rewarded with an England recall. At Old Trafford in the third Test he was made man of the match after taking seven Sri Lankan wickets in the match, rising to the challenge posed by the loss of the injured Andy Caddick. But to his and England's frustration, after making his one-day international debut in the NatWest series (he played in three of the matches) he fell victim to shin splints. Returning for the last two Tests against India he made little impression, and he was initially omitted from England's Ashes squad, although he was later summoned from the Academy as cover for injured players.

With an imposing frame (he is 6'5" and nearly 14 stone) hard work in the gym has increased Tudor's build fairly substantially. A patient but hard-hitting lower middle-order batsman with aspirations, his back foot drives bear the hallmark of real class. Capable of lateral movement with the ball, he tends to bowl well within himself and rarely operates at full pace. He cites Walsh, Ambrose and McGrath as his idols and aims to hit the seam on a length and apply pressure on the batsman rather than blasting them out. A powerful thrower of the ball, he has developed into a reliable fielder for such a big man and sometimes stands in the slips for Surrey. (Copyright CricInfo November 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 13:01:58 GMT


 
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